Prize funds lure back anglers

September, 2002

THERE isn’t a spare place to be had in the Autumn Grand Slam – the first in a series of three match fishing competitions taking place in Fermanagh with a combined prize fund of £35,000.

The September Fishing Festivals have succeeded in bringing English anglers flooding back with the lure of some generous cash prizes. But as John O’neill, Chairman of the Lakeland Hotels Association, explains, without the cash the angling tourists would be looking to book their holidays south of the Border, where the facilities are much better.

Mr. O’neill welcomed the recent announcement that £3.5 million is to be spent on developing angling facilities on this side of the Border. He wants it targeted on opening up small lakes and stocking them with fish to provide sport when the going on the Erne gets tough.

TEMPO Primary School children wearing their new school uniform and PE kit. They are Lauren Armstrong, Elle Gilmore, Reece Finlay, Tanya Mayers, Nathan Prentice and Jonathan Dane-evans. 2010.

Eleven-year-old Sharon Kirkpatrick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kirkpatrick, Sunnyside, Belleek, who has received a five-year school attendance certificate. She is a former pupil of Belleek No. 2 Primary School and now attends the Enniskillen Collegiate School. 1981.

LINDA Collum, from Rossorry, Enniskillen, is this year’s ‘Miss STC Raceview’. She will now go forward to the national contest of Miss STC in Belfast. Linda, a 21-year-old panel wirer with the firm for four years, enjoys gardening and listening to Country and Western music in her spare time. 1978.